America: The Lewis & Clark Expedition and the Dawn of a New Power

America: The Lewis & Clark Expedition and the Dawn of a New Power

This well-documented historical account provides background to the forerunners of Lewis and Clark, highlighting the role of earlier French-Canadian explorers and fur traders. It re-creates the world of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, chronicling the relationship between Lewis and Clark and their French-Canadian guides, recounting the crucial hospitality of the Native American people they encountered, and showing how, without both groups, the expedition would not have succeeded. The French-Canadian guide Toussaint Charbonneau is introduced, along with his young Shoshone wife, the legendary Sacagawea, who endeared herself to Clark for her determination and helpfulness. Detailed archival maps, photographs, paintings, and a complete bibliography are included. “The author's research is so vast and precise.” — Le Soleil Denis Vaugeois is a historian and the author of The Last French and Indian War and The End of the French-Indian Alliance . He lives in Quebec City, Quebec. Jane Brierley lives in Montreal, Quebec. New Mint Condition Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noon Guaranteed packaging No quibbles returns